Roper (Hazelbrook)
A county Roscommon family, established at Hazelbrook from the end of the 18th century, family members intermarried with the Kellys of Muckloon and with the Greens of Monkstown, county Dublin. In the mid 1850s William Roper held land in the parishes of Dunmore and Tuam, barony of Dunmore, county Galway, amounting to over 400 acres and in the parish of Killinvoy, barony of Athlone, county Roscommon. In the 1870s the Ropers owned 853 acres in county Roscommon and they also had smaller acreages in counties Tipperary and Westmeath.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelbrook | Ballygalda or Trust | Roscommon | Roscommon | Roscommon Rural 90 | Ballintober South | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M861 600
OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 40 |
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 393
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 318
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Roscommon Union, 124
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol II, 526 (Blakeney)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Roscommon: Vol III, 253 (Blakeney)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 215 (Carey)